Books like 'The Hero Complex'

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  • Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 94 ratings
    What do you get when you have four mates, one psychotic prince, a horde of rebels, and a cupid who just got yanked out of the realm? A big freaking problem, that’s what. I was supposed to take on my first real mission as a spy. I was supposed to go find my missing mate and discover who our real allies are for the war that’s brewing in the fae realm...
  • Roaring by Katie May

    Roaring by Katie May

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    What I thought would happen during my time at Monster Academy: long walks on the beach, a murder spree or two, and find a nice vampire to settle down with.What actually happened during my time at Monster Academy: kidnapped by my headmaster and later by my sadistic sister, developed feelings for an eccentric group of monsters, and accidentally started an anti-vampire movement...
  • Signs of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Signs of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 130 ratings
    You'd think that basically being in charge of love would be an epic job, right? Wrong. Sure, I can blow some Lust into people's faces and watch the show, but I can't actually participate. It gets old, trust me. Same goes for love. I can pass it out like sugar-free lollipops at a dentist's office, but I can't get any love for myself. It totally sucks...
  • Fangs by Katie May

    Fangs by Katie May

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    So, here's the deal.I got locked up for a crime I totally committed. Yup. Your girl stabbed a ho...or four. Stabbed, maimed, ate, slaughtered. You get the picture.Not what you expected to hear from me, huh?But everything changes when I'm broken out of Prodigium Academy by the exact man I've been trying to hide from: Lucifer. Aka, my sperm donor. Aka, the man who tried to kill me as a baby...
  • The 12 Hunks of Herculeia by C. Rochelle

    The 12 Hunks of Herculeia by C. Rochelle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    I thought I was living the dream—until the fateful day I found my boyfriend in bed with my boss. As a professional copywriter, it was the tired cliche that hurt me the most.What’s a big city girl to do but pack my bags and go solo on that Grecian cruise I’d booked with my ex...
  • Dinosaurs, Disasters & Albert Einswine by Sedona Ashe

    Dinosaurs, Disasters & Albert Einswine by Sedona Ashe

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    I have huge man problems.Literally, since one of my mates is a T-Rex.Things are about to get interesting, because my day job happens to be in a museum. A museum full of dinosaur bones, if you know what I mean.It turns out my bloodline is older than dirt, and an ancestral matchmaker decided to send me some gifts…aka, men. And not just any men, but dinosaur shifters from the past...
  • A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon

    A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 325 ratings
    On the brink of losing her position as a maid and with no prospects to go on, the offer of a place at Rooksgrave Manor—a house of ill and unusual repute—sounds like a perfect fit for a young woman with Esther’s inclinations. Even better, the invitation comes by the hand of the handsome Dr. Underwood, a delicate gentleman with a ferocious alter ego who knows exactly what he wants from Esther...
  • The Leviathan's Debt by Merri Bright

    The Leviathan's Debt by Merri Bright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s a price for everything.Forty years ago, Wren was attacked by King Talon the day after their wedding. She fled and was lost at sea…and then found by an ancient being, who saved her with his blood.The price for her life? Someday, the monster will return to claim it.Now, she’s become the mysterious Ankelsang, the Angel of Blood who protects the vulnerable...
  • Pretty Hot by K.A. Knight

    Pretty Hot by K.A. Knight

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Seven sons, each with a bloodline of supernaturals that can be traced back to them, but where did they go?Cassandra has never been the perfect witch, her magic deemed too weak to be useful, she is looked down upon by all in her coven.But when witches' bodies start turning up drained, covered in blood and sacrificed. Cassandra sees it as an opportunity to prove herself and her magic...
  • Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Hearts of Stone by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    When the stone gargoyles in the massive estate I just inherited start to move, I should’ve run for the door, right? So why am I still standing here? One, there was a certain cartoon from the 90s that played a pivotal role in my emotional development. Two, each one of them towers over me, blocking out the light with their massive wings, their serpentine tails flicking as they stalk closer...
  • Lured by Sam Hall

    Lured by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sold to the goblin king. Super hot on the page, not so much when you’re living it.I’d been living a small little life, reading romance novels on my break and working for my uncle in a dead end job when he sends me to his ‘male revue’ club. I expect to see wall to wall hot guys, but nothing prepares me for the Puck brothers...
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    monsters  paranormal  fantasy  humor  reverse harem  poly  fae
  • The Wyvern's Redemption by Merri Bright

    The Wyvern's Redemption by Merri Bright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She found love in the ocean. He’ll find his redemption in fire.Long ago, a wyvern king cast his bride out, leaving her broken and dying. Now, after forty years, Wren has found love in the arms of some of the most unlikely men she’s ever met. Though a few of those arms may be tentacles...
  • Stone Cold by H.B. Jacks

    Stone Cold by H.B. Jacks

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    Three massive stone gargoyles. Monsters all. And now I belong to them.I didn't ask to be rescued. I was doing fine on my own, even if I had just lost my job, dumped my ex and taken a wrong turn down a dark alley...
  • Their Cursed Wolves by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Their Cursed Wolves by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    I need to cure the wolves, or my life is forfeit. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to help them.I’m not the witch my husbands think I am. I’m about as good at magic as I am at flirting, which is pretty darn bad. Still, I’m going to try to save them. Not just because it’s the only way to save myself, but because I want to...
  • Fate Hollow Academy by Lyra Winters

    Fate Hollow Academy by Lyra Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Welcome to Fate Hollow Academy, where supernaturals blessed by the Fates cultivate their manifested powers and master ancient magic.Fate Hollow is the academy of the elite, where supernatural beings with special magic train for war against humans.A big-hearted, naïve arctic fox shifter like me couldn’t have prepared for the treachery lurking within the walls of the academy...
  • The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love 01 (The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love (manga) #1) by Touya, REN SAKUMA

    The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love 01 (The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love (manga) #1) by Touya, REN SAKUMA

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can one would-be villainess fend off multiple handsome suitors’ advances to simply live a peaceful life? Or will the game force a happy ending no matter what?From a mundane existence to an extraordinary adventure! Luciana, once an ordinary woman, now finds herself reincarnated as the stunning villainess of an otome game...
  • Elf Balls & Epic Falls by November Sweets

    Elf Balls & Epic Falls by November Sweets

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a lost reporter in the North SeaOn the second day of Christmas, my true love have to me: 4 elves with a big DOn the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Santa who’s super kinkyOn the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a pervy sentient spruce treeOn the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: I love you...
  • Their Witch Bride by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Their Witch Bride by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    My mother sold me to the shifters, all in the name of peace. For more than a century, the witches and shifters have been at war. So when my mother came home with the news that peace had been struck between us, I should’ve known better. Warning bells should have been ringing in my head, but they weren’t.It wasn’t until the shifters came for me that I knew better...
  • Getting Down on the Farm by Kathryn Moon

    Getting Down on the Farm by Kathryn Moon

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    Sometimes I discuss SA in fiction very consciously and with real care, and sometimes (like in these farm shorts) I go sideways and it's part of erotic content. I know this is not for everyone, and I respect anyone's need to protect their peace and avoid this content, the same way I respect the right to read it and write it. As adults, we get to make decisions about the content we enjoy...
  • Klutz: Phoenix Down by Sedona Ashe

    Klutz: Phoenix Down by Sedona Ashe

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 66 ratings
    After I rescued these jerks from a plane crash, you’d think they’d be nicer to me.I die, like all the time. My track record of hilarious, freak accidental deaths would be impressive if it weren’t so embarrassing.And when I come back, I’m naked. Every Dang Time.After my plane was sabotaged and crashed into the jungle, I rescued five male survivors from the wreckage...
  • Sacrificed to the Freedom Dragons  (The Holiday Hedonism Series) by J.L. Logosz, Vera Valentine

    Sacrificed to the Freedom Dragons (The Holiday Hedonism Series) by J.L. Logosz, Vera Valentine

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    The Free Isle of Rouset has a dragon problem, and Magemaster Doaldin has long preached salvation through one simple, terrible solution: sacrificing women to the ravenous beasts. When Riva is torn from her quiet life of candlemaking and thrust into the infamous scarlet dress as an offering, she’s determined to break the cycle once and for all...
  • Their Fated Magic by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Their Fated Magic by Lacey Carter Andersen

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    I thought it was going to be hard saving the shifters with three grumpy wolves at my side, but then fate decided to throw a bear shifter in the mix, and everything went to poop.My wolves have kept me at arm's length since I became their wife. I expected every man I met to be like that, but Garrick’s a whole different man...
  • Her Pastry Shifters by Mia Harlan

    Her Pastry Shifters by Mia Harlan

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How to get three scrumptious mates... Ingredients: One lonely baker Three sexy shifters An epic bake-off Directions: Combine fated mates in one room at an overbooked hotel. Add a dash of spice, a smidgen of food play, and a pinch of quirky romance. Set your oven to “bake”, turn up the heat, and enjoy! Disclaimer: Not responsible for burned e-readers...
  • Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Rising by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 133 ratings
    Sing, gypsies, sing of your lies... That old song plays in my head, as the world turns around me faster than it has ever turned. Monsters and mayhem. That's become my life. Fear and apprehension. That's become the normal for those around me. Dread and distraction. That's what has interrupted my own personal romance story with my mon-star quad. Vengeance and retribution...
  • Savage Bonds by J. Bree

    Savage Bonds by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 417 ratings
    With my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus. I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds. But there are bigger problems heading my way. With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance...
  • Psycho Devils by Jasmine Mas

    Psycho Devils by Jasmine Mas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 116 ratings
    ★ A new Enemies book in the Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Series ★The one where Aran dances with the devil...Shackled to her Enemies, Aran is forced to compete beside them in the brutal Legionnaire Games.They want to break her.But you can't break what's already broken.Just wait until they uncover her secrets.She'll have them on their knees...
  • Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Gypsy Truths by Kristy Cunning

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 145 ratings
    After spending the vast majority of my life lonely, I came to this town to find answers about my mother, and instead, stumbled upon a secret society full of monsters I never knew existed outside of dark tales...
  • Demons in My Bed by Britt Andrews

    Demons in My Bed by Britt Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 70 ratings
    Port Black - a dark and sinister city abandoned to The Exiled, a gang of unhinged and psychotic demons who have claimed it as their own.And it just so happens to be the location of my first solo mission.As a trained agent of Montague Industries, it’s my job to keep innocents safe. The Exiled are a threat that needs to be neutralized, and I’m ready for battle...
  • Lost Feather by Merri Bright

    Lost Feather by Merri Bright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 69 ratings
    I’m no angel… or am I?Nameless. Forgotten. Lost on Earth for centuries with a disembodied voice as my only friend. Protecting the vulnerable without any help from above. No one to explain the rules. Nada. Zip. Zilch.So when High Angelus Gavriel finds me killing a very bad man, can he really blame me? Before I can explain, he drags me back to the place he swears is my home: Sanctuary...
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